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Young Women's College Preparatory Academy (YWCPA) is a secondary (middle and high) school for girls in
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that is a part of the
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. It opened in 2011 in the former Contemporary Learning Center (CLC) building. The school is located in the Third Ward area. The Foundation for the Education of Young Women and HISD partnered in order to develop the school. The foundation committed $1 million to start the school. The plan initially called for the school to be housed at CLC, but the agenda items, including the plan, were tabled until December 2010.


Curriculum

By 2023, YWCPA began an Advanced Placement African-American History course.


See also

* Young Men's College Preparatory Academy * Women's education in the United States


References


Further reading

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HISD to consider district's first all-girls school
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''. Monday November 8, 2010. * Connelly, Richard.
HISD To Consider All-Girls School
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''. Friday November 5, 2010. * Mellon, Ericka.
Girls find paths to shine in female-only schools
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''. November 16, 2010. * Mellon, Ericka.
Girls find paths to shine in female-only schools
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''. November 16, 2010. * Rivas, Elissa.
HISD board approves district's 1st all-girl school
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KTRK-TV KTRK-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on Bissonnet Stre ...
''. Friday November 12, 2010. *
HISD To Open All-Girls School
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''. Friday November 12, 2010. *
Board Approves Creation of First All-Girls School
" HISD. November 12, 2010.
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Young Women's College Preparatory Academy

Young Women's College Preparatory Academy at Houston ISD
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